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We get a massive six-game IEM NA slate Tuesday with a ton of massive favorites. Everyone is going to want to gravitate to the blowout games, but with six games on the slate, I believe balanced lineups will be the most optimal and the best leverage on the field as some of these salaries are downright absurd. As we […]

Today, we get two new events, with the AM cap being the IEM CIS event. This event has some lesser known teams along with NaVi, but some of these lesser known teams are actually pretty good, and we have some really good map data for these teams, so projections should be solid today.  Virtus.Pro (-345) vs. K23 (+240) […]

This may be the best IEM NA slate we have had to date, as we have some mispriced players, some favorites that still have something to play for, but none so outrageous that they should be playing games on the battlefield. The prize pool is disappointing and I expect it to fill quickly, so make sure […]

The edge in Saturday afternoon’s CSGO DFS slate is going to depend a lot on your perspective. In the first day of this event, we say Furia as a massive favorite, completely screwing around on the battlefield. Their top guys used weaker weapons, attempted stealth kills and punted rounds. Their top three put up a mediocre performance […]

We had a bizarre EU slate for CSGO Friday as a 2-2-2 took down the two-game slate on a day where the two worst teams went 2-0. Now those two teams, FaZe and Fnatic, are back looking for two more upsets. Here’s a look at the DFS options for the Saturday slate. Fnatic (-105) vs. […]

The IEM EU event continues on and we have two slates that should be extremely interesting.  IEM EU (early slate)  The early slate features close matchups, at least on paper. Here's how I'm approaching each of them:  Fnatic (-190) vs. Complexity (+140) I really expected Complexity to take care of business Thursday against Vitality, but […]

Thursday kicks off with a two-game slate between four evenly matched teams, which is similar to what we experienced on Wednesday. As we saw Wednesday, when teams are closely ranked, things can get muddy, and 3-3 becomes highly duped and less optimal. I plan on doing zero 3-3 lineups today and will be mostly 3-2-1 and 2-2-1-1.  What's interesting about today […]

IEM North America has been a wild ride with some atrocious teams, and some of the top teams playing games over playing at the top of their ability. As such it is a good time to be wise with our bankrolls and not over-extend as variance might be a little bit wider. We also expect pricing to get […]

Day 2 of the CSGO group stages is here for the IEM NA event. If you are the person who fires up your favorite sports video game and builds a dream team, the Wednesday slate is for you, as we have some mispricings that we can take advantage of to build teams with anyone you […]

Day 2 of the IEM EU event is here and we have a very nice two-game CS:GO slate, with solid statistical sample size and some places to focus our ownership. Fnatic (-155) vs. G2 Esports (+115) These two teams were supposed to meet in the winners bracket, and then both teams lost. I was all over the […]

We have a massive “$10k to first” Tuesday afternoon in the IEM NA event, with some new CSGO teams. Let's see if we can find a screenshot. This slate is insane with two -10000 favorites, a -1800 favorite and a -1200 favorite. It's also hard to parse some of the stats because these teams have played […]

Now we're cooking! This slate has a whopping four games, teams we have good data on and some major edge spots. One major note, the main DK contest is a $5K to first with only 1700 people, which is insanely top heavy. Make sure you are wise in your contest selection and approach these slates accordingly. I expect a lot of action […]

We are wrapping up the ESL playoffs Monday night with two grand CSGO finals, and then we have a brand new set of events starting Tuesday with IEM North America and IEM Europe, which means we will have a ton of CSGO slates for DFS this week. Let’s dig in. Oct. 5 late slate We […]

We have a really good two-game slate CSGO slate that starts at 12:30 a.m. ET Monday. It has large stat sample sizes and some clear chalk to eat and plays to fade in DFS, so let’s take a look. Note: The team known as ORDER is really called checkmate, but DraftK-ings names them as order. […]

DraftKings has given us a showdown slate for tomorrow because the winner plays in the afternoon game, leaving us zero two-game slate options. The key to CSGO showdown is understanding that for a one-game slate, anyone is viable in the captain and leaving money on the table will often be both contrarian and optimal.   Astralis (-200) […]

This slate is a bit of a mess, as DraftKings completely messed up the pricing. They also released the salaries very late, so we are going to take a different approach and talk about how to exploit this slate and some key plays. Astralis Astralis is a -575 favorite, and they got priced like an underdog. Outside of […]

Wednesday's CS:GO slate didn't go as planned for us, as none of the games really followed the script. However, Thursday's three-game slate should be a much better one. We have a bit more matchup data to work with, especially in the second and third games.  Important Note Obo and Bubzkji are in the DraftKings player pool again. At […]

I`ve seen some people struggling with the decision on who to play for this slate, so I want to step in and offer some assistance. At the end of the article, I am going to list all the players and how I will approach them in GPPs. We have a challenging two-game slate ahead of us, as sample […]

We have an interesting PAL slate that gets started at 1 a.m. ET Sunday. These PAL teams are clearly less talented then their ESL counterparts, and many of these games have become ugly slogfests, with a severe lack of strategy and consistency. On the flip side, our map analytics in the cheat sheet have been […]

Welcome to our CSGO cheat sheet for Saturday's hybrid ESL slate. We have a juicy two-game slate — as always remember Javi Prellezo's tips on #Hedgelife.  CSGO cheat sheet We have upgraded our cheat sheet to include map analytics, but it currently doesn't fit in the article. For now, you can find the cheat sheet pinned […]

Welcome to our CSGO cheat sheet for Friday's hybrid ESL slate. We have a juicy two-game slate that is scheduled to start at 1 p.m. ET; as always, remember Javi Prellezo's tips on #Hedgelife. How to use this cheat sheet Below is a breakdown of each game. For each team you can see their rank, the […]

Welcome to our CS:GO cheat sheet for Friday's overnight PAL event. We have a three-game slate early on Friday. How to use this cheat sheet Below is a breakdown of each of the three games. For each team you can see their rank, the Vegas odds, their recent performance and their record against their opponent. For each player […]

We have a very interesting Counter-Strike: Global Offensive slate coming Thursday afternoon, which means we have an interesting DFS strategy to work out as well. We have two top-10 teams in ESL in a pivotal match, and then two junk teams from the PAL. There are several exploitable things about this slate that I want […]

European Summer Masters starts tomorrow, and these early rounds are one-game battles based on a round robin. I’m here to break down my top DFS builds, as well as my strategy around what I’m doing for this slate. The building itself is especially important. If you haven’t had a chance, please read up on Javi’s […]

European Summer Masters starts tomorrow, and these early rounds are one-game battles based on a round robin. I’m here to break down my top DFS builds, as well as my strategy around what I’m doing for this slate. The building itself is especially important. If you haven’t had a chance, please read up on Javi’s […]